On February 6, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, with the 76ers losing 97-108 to the Knicks on the road, and the 76ers ended their two-game winning streak and ended their eight-game winning streak. The 76ers led by as many as 21 points in the game, and Randle led the Knicks to complete a comeback, and the Knicks outscored the 76ers by 14 points in the fourth quarter, 32-18. Randle had 24 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists. Embiid had 31 points and 14 rebounds, and Harden had 12 points, eight rebounds and 12 assists.
Statistics
76ers: Embiid 31 points and 14 rebounds, Harden 12 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists, Harris 14 points and 10 rebounds, Tucker 10 points, Melton 14 points, Maxi 12 points.
Knicks: Brunson 21 points, Randle 24 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, Graems 13 points, Fournier 17 points, McBride 14 points.
Star of the field: Randall
With a strong individual attack, Randle led the Knicks to overcome a 21-point deficit and complete the game at home.
Race tidbits
Knicks warm-up dunk show before the game.
Highlight moments
Harden connects Tucker.
Harden broke through to attract defense to deliver "cannonballs" to Tucker.
Harden instigated a counterattack to assist Melton.
Harden steals, Harris assists, and Embiid makes it 2+1.
Harden "delivers pie" in the block, and Reid "eats pie".
Fournier drifted three points.
Harden sends good passes on offense, and big hats on defense.
Harden singles assault.
Brunson shoots from distance to the target.
Embiid assists Harris' empty layup.
Harris hit the ball and Melton received a slam dunk.
The Knicks counterattack defensively.
Randall kills under the basket.
Match Review
The game started, Harden had four assists in four minutes, leading the 76ers to a 10-4 start. The Knicks were inefficient offensively, especially failing to hit the first eight three-pointers, Harden gave his fifth assist in the first quarter, and Melton received a pass from Harden to make a three-point shot, and the 76ers had an 11-point lead. The Knicks' shooting percentage slipped to less than 30 percent, the 76ers were on fire, Harden provided assists, Embiid and Melton blossomed inside and out, Maxi came off the bench to continue the onslaught, and the 76ers widened the gap to 21 points. Randle scored six consecutive points for the Knicks to "stop the bleeding" and led the Knicks to a 12-2 run with the 76ers to make it 24-35 at the end of the first quarter. Embiid scored 11 points in the first quarter, Harden gave seven assists and no turnovers, and Randle scored 12 points in a single quarter.
At the start of the second quarter, the Knicks went on an 8-0 run to close the gap to 3-pointers, stopping the 76ers. After the timeout, Harden reappeared, Harris made two fouls, Harden assisted Reed on a layup in the block, Fournier responded with five consecutive points, and the Knicks continued to catch up to close the gap to one point. Harden made Fournier foul and scored for the first time in the game. Harden and Embiid teamed up to score points, Embiid had a mid-range shot, and used his personal strong attack to continuously walk to the free throw line, 10 of 11 free throws in the first half, Harden continued to provide assists while also breaking through throws, and the defense gave Brunson a big hat, and the 76ers opened a seven-point gap. Brunson hit a three-pointer, Sims made both free throws, and the 76ers scored in the final 2:40 of the second quarter, and the Knicks trailed the 76ers by two points at 51-53 in the first half. Embiid had 18 points and 8 rebounds in the half, and Harden had 10 assists and 0 turnovers.
The second half kicked off, Randle hit a three-pointer, and the Knicks rebounded. Tucker responded with a long-range shot, Harden broke through for a layup, Harris and Embiid hit three-pointers, and the 76ers gained the upper hand in the confrontation and took back the lead to stop the Knicks. After the timeout, Graems missed and Embiid assisted Harris' empty layup to give the 76ers an eight-point lead. The Knicks chased five straight points, Embiid hit a free shot first, then made two fouls, Harden assisted Maxi to add two more points, and Melton countered with a fast-break layup to give the 76ers a nine-point lead. Randle led the Knicks to a 9-3 with the 76ers and trailed the 76ers by three points into the fourth quarter.
In the fourth quarter finale, Topping and Fournier teamed up to lead the Knicks to a 10-3 run, the Knicks rallied by four points, and the 76ers called a timeout. Harden scored two points after the timeout, Brunson immediately returned with a foul and two free throws, and Fournier hit a three-point shot to give the Knicks a seven-point lead. Embiid scored both free throws, Harden broke through for a layup, Fournier scored another 3-pointer to give the opposition, McBride received a pass from Fournier and shot a long-range shot, giving the Knicks an eight-point lead to stop the 76ers.
After the timeout, Harden missed a three-point shot, Brunson made two fouls and hit one of the free throws, giving the Knicks a nine-point lead. Embiid made two free throws to lead the 76ers to a counterattack, Brunson hit a free throw, Randle faced Embiid's defense to score points, and the Knicks opened a 10-point gap. Embiid went to the free throw line again and hit both free throws before Randle threw and scored as the Knicks maintained a 10-point lead with just 1:48 left in the fourth quarter. Fournier made six fouls, Maxi hit both free throws, Randle and Brunson made mistakes, Harris made a layup, the 76ers took a foul, and McBride hit one of two free throws for a 9-point difference. Melton hit one of two free throws and the 76ers continued to foul, with Simms hitting the first free throw and deflecting the second, but Graems grabbed the offensive rebound and Simms dunked to seal the Knicks' victory.
Both sides start
76ers: Embiid, Tucker, Harris, Melton, Harden
Knicks: Simms, Randall, Quickley, Graems, Brunson